1639 RICHARD MATHER. 225 Word Unpublished Excised MSs by Father of American Puritan Theology. Leather their house to this day

their house to this day is a historic home preserved with its hidden staircase that served as a hiding space and terminal at the end of the Underground Railroad for slaves

All joy is darkened

Let us do what our hand finds to do with all our might

Signed quotation by Benjamin Wood

On 31 July 1856 he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Concord and

1639 RICHARD MATHER. 225 Word Unpublished Excised MSs by Father of American Puritan Theology. Leather their house to this dayAn important and nearly unobtainable excised manuscript portion by one of the theological founders of America, Richard Mather. We trace nothing even remotely similar having been offered publicly in many decades. It would be lovely framed with an original reproduction of John Foster's woodcut of Richard Mather, often thought to be the first woodcut ever produced in America. The excised fragment measures 1 1. 25 x 4. 5 inches, is stained for one inch